In my eagerness to present the Môreson Wine of the Week I managed to forget that it only rotates every second week. So the Môreson Wine of the Week, for the remainder of this week, is the 2009 Môreson Chenin Blanc.

So glad that we sorted that out.

I had the most delicious lunch at Bread & Wine Vineyard Restaurant yesterday. If you’re planning on eating here anytime soon I strongly suggest that you try the:

• Salad of watercress, rocket, porcini and shallot dressing (different but amazing)
• Char-grilled octopus, roast tomato risotto, chorizo chips (yum.yum.yum).

Both are new to the menu, both are excellent and both go very nicely with the Môreson Wine of the Week (the 2009 Miss Molly Kitchen Thief Sauvignon Blanc).

Excuse me while I wipe the drool of my keyboard.

We started harvesting the Chardonnay for the Môreson Méthode Cap Classique this week.

[For more picture of the 2010 Môreson Harvest click here.]

As you can see from the pictures the grapes, coming off the Môreson vines, look amazing. If grape quality is anything to go by 2010 looks set to be a great vintage for Môreson.

At the end of 2009 we introduce the Môreson Wine of the Week concept on the farm and it proved so popular we’ve decided to extend it into 2010.

If you visit the Môreson this week you’ll discover that our present wine of the week is the 2009 Môreson Chenin Blanc.

Being this week’s Môreson Wine of the Week means that the Chenin Blanc is offered for sale – through the Môreson Tasting Room and the Bread & Wine Farm Grocer only – at a special price: R62,00 per bottle instead of R69,00 per bottle (for this week only).

If you’re in the area pop in, grab a bite to eat (you’ll need to book for Bread & Wine Vineyard Restaurant), taste some of the amazing Môreson wines and take home a case of the 2009 Môreson Chenin Blanc. It’s seriously delicious, so you’ll probably need more than just a case.

Harvest has officially started on Môreson and that means that our annual Blessing of the Harvest celebration must be just around the corner.

This year the Môreson Blessing of the Harvest is taking place on Saturday the 6th and Sunday the 7th of February 2010 and it costs R300,00 per person. [For pictures of the 2009 Môreson Blessing of the Harvest click here].

For those of you that have never attended a Blessing of the Harvest it is the yearly Môreson homage to winemaking. At our Blessing of the Harvest every participant get the opportunity to make wine the old-fashioned way. You handpick your own basket of grapes and then press them using the oldest tools in the winemaking business – your feet.

A relaxed lunch at our award-winning Bread & Wine Vineyard Restaurant and a highly competitive label design competition follow the harvesting and grape-stomping activities. The grapes you pick and stomp are then matured, into wine, by us and available for collection later in the year.

For more information, or to book, please contact Tina on – 021 876 3692 – or email her by clicking here.